25 Things on a Tuesday…

1.  Wow, it’s been a long time since I wrote a 25 things.

2.  I seriously need a manicure.

3.  After cleaning up the yard at the family lake house and morel hunting, my nails are a mess.

4.  Yes, believe it or not but I went hunting morels in the woods.  J

5.  It was damp and the bugs were awful but I did it, I said I would and I did. 

6.  I still have yet to see the movies:  Cinderella, Fifty Shades of Grey or Avengers.

7.  Looks like I need to make some time to get caught up on movies I wanted to see.

8.  I jumped on the low/no carb bandwagon……so far so good.

9.  I definitely feel better, not as bloated. 

10.  The plan is to start sanding the floors this weekend.

11.  Oh I am not looking forward to that…what a mess.

12.  And the house will be totally torn apart for the next couple of weeks.

13.  Then the stain and poly protection goes on over Memorial Weekend.

14.  Which the plan is for us to put the tent up in the backyard to sleep.

15.  Heck I say let’s just go get a room and forget about it.  J

16.  I’m planning on buying a black maxi skirt for the summer.

17.  I never buy that type of thing, maxi skirt or dress, time for me to step out of my comfort zone.

18.  Yes, I really need to step out of my comfort zone more often and embrace my curves.

19.  I spend more time trying to cover them up then anything, especially the boobage.

20.  Need to find that fabulousness again…..lost it somewhere and I need to find it again.

21.  Really miss Amanda and Sophia.

22.  Wish they were still hear and just stopping by to say hi.

23.  Miss Victoria too…..now that she is a teenager I get blown off for her friends.

24.  Sure hope she still wants to hang out with me from time to time.

25.  I need a new outfit…..a new outfit always makes you feel better, right?

25 things on a Friday….

1.  First email of the morning…..”Tammy, the first floor west coffee machine is out of coffee”.

2.  First IM of the morning…”Tammy, I’m working from home today and I left my “to-do” list on the printer can you throw it in the shred bin for me”.

3.  First person to approach me this morning…”Tammy, the copier is jammed can you fix it?”.

4.  Tammy’s first thought this morning…didn’t realize my job description included barista, trash collector and HP repair. 

5.  Tammy’s second thought this morning…WTF would these people do if I didn’t come in this morning.

6.  Wondering if this is a pattern of how my day will go.

7.  It someone comes up to me and tells me the toilets are clogged I’m going to lose it!

8.  Seriously thinking “Thank God it’s Friday”!

9.  Also seriously thinking this morning that I need to WIN THE LOTTERY.

10.  Looking forward to spending the day with some of the “lovelies” Saturday.

11.  Also looking forward to seeing Kinky Boots.  J

12.  Went to see American Sniper last night….very moving.

13.  I’ve read numerous posts of how the movie theater is completely silent leaving at the end of this movie.

14.  The same thing happened last night when we were leaving.

15.  Happy to announce that my husband has given up on the idea of hanging his “loved art piece” on the purple wall in what will be the new dining room.  J

16.  What is it they say “happy wife, happy life”!  lol…..

17.  56 days until spring!

18.  Well on the calendar….of course a lot will depend on Mother Nature. 

19.  I need to find some rugs for our bedroom, it’s harder than I thought it would be.

20.  I want something really soft….do not want to wake up in the morning and start my day off with a rough feeling rug under my feet. 

21.  And now I am re-thinking the cedar chest at the end of our bed.

22.  Currently it is in the basement waiting to be painted.

23.  Really like the openness around the bed from it being gone.

24.  I would prefer more of a traditional looking bench at the end of the bed.

25.  Do you think my husband is going to blow a gasket one of these days from me changing my mind?  Lol…..

Happy Friday everyone!

First 25 things of 2015…

1.  Can someone remind me that I was feeling positive on the last day of 2014?
2.  Seriously did not want to get dressed this morning.
3.  Took everything I had to not crawl back in bed and say fuck it.
4.  Didn’t even care what I wore into work today, came seriously close to wearing jeans and saying fuck it again.
5.  Close to 45 suites in my closet and I do not want to wear them anymore.
6.  Seriously need an attitude adjustment today.
7.  Is it this frigid fricking weather, lack of sunshine…. Fuck it I hate winter.
8.  And I must stop procrastinating.
9.  Constantly talk myself out of doing things after work and just go home.
10.  Need a manicure desperately….using far too much super glue.
11.  With that said you can just imagine what my nails look like.
12.  And I need to stop driving around with the Kohl’s bag in my car and just stop and return them.
13.  Perhaps I haven’t had enough coffee yet this morning.
14.  The coffee that comes out of our “gourmet coffee” machines sucks.
15.  So I haven’t been drinking much coffee at work that could be part of the reason.
16.  What do you do when your husband has an art piece he LOVES and you hate?
17.  And you have 2 different opinions on what should hang on the wall in what is going to be your new formal dining room?
18.  It is far too modern for me.
19.  Would really prefer it hung on the wall in the basement….oops, did I say that out loud?
20.  Thinking a lot lately that I really do not want to work in “cubicle hell” anymore.
21.  Time for me to seriously start thinking about what I want to do and setting down the stones to that path.
22.  Life is too short to be stuck in gray cubicles all day.
23.  And you have an asswipe who sits directly behind you….hmmm, sort of a pun on words there.
24.  Perhaps it is all the healthy food I have been eating that is making me crabby?
25.  Is it spring yet?

25 things on a Tuesday because I did not have time to do this on Monday…

1.  Today I just want to go back home and hide under my covers.

2.  We are going up to Central Lake this weekend.

3.  Secretly I really wish I could get out of this.

4.  There is so much to do and the house is not even decorated yet.

5.  Although I know our parents are not getting any younger and we need to spend more time with them.

6.  I’m seriously feeling very “bah-humbug” today.

7.  I need to lift up my chin, put on a ravishing smile and suck it up. 

8.  I’d say pour myself a little cocktail but I’m at work and they may frown upon that idea.

9.  Stopping after work today to get a seriously overdue manicure.

10.  Also need to find time to stop at Macy’s to pick up Ray’s birthday present.

11.  His birthday is Saturday…..and he is so not a birthday person.

12.  Please don’t publicly post on his Facebook wall on Saturday, he doesn’t like that.

13.  Private messages are acceptable. 

14.  Only 12 more working days of 2014 for me!  Weeeeee……………….

15.  I’m really looking forward to having time off and a few of those days to myself.

16.  Will someone please come smack me upside the head and snap me out of this mood today?

17.  Am I the only one who is in awe of the fact that it’s December?

18.  I do not recall a year ever flying by as fast as this one.

19.  Is this a sign that we are old and time will continue to fly by this fast?

20.  Why is it that some days you wake up and feel like you just want to cry?

21.  And then I feel guilty because even with everything that is going on in my life I don’t work the gazillion hours that our lovely Tena does.

22.  Well I can see that this post is not a very uplifting one.  :P

23.  Sorry ladies, promise I will do better next time.

24.  O’ Holy Night by Josh Groban can bring me to tears every single time.

25.  Today I will remind myself how blessed I am to have each of you in my life.  <3 ,3

Changing it up this week since Thanksgiving is this Thursday.  So today I bring you:

25 things I am Thankful for (in no particular order)…

1.  A 3 day work week…….weeeeeeee!   Does that mean today would be considered Monday-Wednesday?  J

2.  Grateful I am gainfully employed with benefits and a generous salary.

3.  Parents…..blessed that both mine and Ray’s are still on this earth.

4.  Siblings….well all 8 of them!  I love that I have such a huge dysfunctional family.  J  Ray is still adjusting to such a large family.  Lol….

5.  Children…our big family of blended children, doesn’t get any better than that.

6.  Grandchildren…well what can you say, they are truly God’s gift and I love them all dearly.

7.  The Lovelies….what would I do without you?  There are no words to describe how much you mean to me and how grateful I am that we are together, y’all are truly a blessing.

8.  Friends…how blessed I am to have so many wonderful, kind, loving, funny, caring, remarkable new and old friends in my life.

9.  My husband…my life has changed so much since 2012.  I am grateful for my wonderful loving husband.   In the beginning tried to persuade him that he didn’t want to get involved with me, boy am I glad he didn’t listen.  J

10.  Lorraine joining us for Thanksgiving dinner this year.  J

11.  Small business Saturday shopping with Tena…….hoping this will continue to become an annual event.

12.  Home…whether it is the house I live in or the State of Michigan, nothing warms my heart more than being home. 

13.  The lake house up north….it has been in our family for close to 60 years, it’s our bloodline, its where so many memories reside.  I love that house.

14.  Co-workers…I have been truly blessed to work with, past and present, so many remarkable people.  The bonus is that a majority of them may no longer be a co-worker, but we are still friends.

15.  Coffee….oh how do I describe this wonderful love affair with coffee.  J  lol….

16.  My health…grateful for every single day that I am healthy and alive.

17.  My dog Teddy…I rescued him many, many years ago and I’m happy he is still with me.

18.  Pinterest…yes Pinterest, if it wasn’t for Pinterest I would not have discovered chalk paint.  J

19.  Facebook…for bringing so many amazing people into my computer, my life and in my heart.

20.  Shoes…ok did you really think I would complete this list without mentioning shoes?  Lol…

21.  Grateful for a husband who LOVES to grocery shop! 

22.  I am thankful that my idea of doing the Toys for Tots campaign at work is turning out to be a huge success.  

23.  Grateful for the ability to wake up every morning and make the decision to be happy and to try to bring a little bit of happiness to wherever my day may lead me.

24.  I am grateful that I am at the age where I do not “sweat the small stuff”.  Some people learn this sooner than others, it doesn’t matter when you figured it out, it just matters that you do.

25.  And last but not least I can say that I am so very thankful and truly blessed, although life has not always been easy, it is my life and I am extremely happy for everything I have experienced, learned, loved, lost….but most importantly I am grateful for all of these experiences because they have helped to get to where I am today. 

25 Things on a Tuesday…

1.  Its Tuesday for the 25 things, way too busy yesterday.

2.  I don’t work insane hours like my lovely friend Tena, but I have been a whole lot busier at work lately.

3.  No complaints here….I prefer to be busy, it energizes me.   

4.  What a crazy weekend it was, glad that’s over.

5.  I’m eating the other half of my tuna wrap for breakfast this morning.  J

6.  Oatmeal or yogurt just wasn’t cutting it for me today.

7.  We decided to paint one wall in our dining room to be “Symphony”, it’s a dark purple/plum.

8.  There will also be two more accent colors, more neutral.

9.  Not sure why this combo struck me the way it did…..cannot wait to actually see it.

10.  And the chandelier from the now dining room will move into the new dining room.   

11.  Now I just need to find new colors for the now dining room/kitchen and family room.

12.  I really dislike the colors and have no idea what I was thinking when we painted last year.

13.  And I found the color for the master bedroom too.

14.  Hoping to get a big chunk of the painting done this weekend.

15.  We do plan on removing the carpet from the bedrooms too.

16.  I’m pretty sure all the floor work will take place after the holidays.

17.  Speaking of holidays…….wow, Thanksgiving is next week!!

18.  Before we know it Christmas will be here……yikes!

19.  I’m almost done with filling out the Christmas cards.  J

20.  They will be complete and stamped this week ready to go out after December 1. 

21.  At least that is one thing I can cross of my “Christmas To-Do” list. 

22.  I really need to figure out what I want to get Ray for his birthday and Christmas.

23.  We will be up north for his actual birthday visiting with the in-laws.

24.  Our 2 year anniversary of our first date is this Thursday.

25.  We will return to the scene of the crime……Tom’s Oyster Bar.  J  

25 Things on a Monday…

1.  I think I am still recuperating from Saturday. 

2.  Want to go home and sleep on the couch all afternoon.  :/

3.  And yes I am whining that this is a 5 day work week. 

4.  Wonder how many times I have said I am never drinking again in the course of my life.

5.  Yesterday marked my 5 year anniversary at BAE Systems.

6.  I get to pick out a $100 gift card for a service award.

7.  Now question is do I pick out a gift card for something fun and frivolous or practical?

8.  Right now I am leaning towards the frivolous and going with Pottery Barn.

9.  Where the frivolous would be the Eiffel Tower Christmas Tree Topper.  J

10.  Now the question is do I really want and/or need it?

11.  Another idea in the frivolous category would be faux fur mink, fox or chinchilla throw.

12.  I’m seriously leaning towards that idea.

13.  Or go with Williams-Sonoma and buy something for Ray.

14.  As you can tell I think the ADD is kicking in again.

15.  Seriously can I go home and take a nap?

16.  Definitely plan on making some of the chocolate covered Oreo’s soon.

17.  So much to do and so little time…where to start?

18.  We have less than 45 day’s until Christmas.

19.  You know that time is going to fly by faster than the speed of light.

20.  I’m still getting used to writing my new name.

21.  Need to find that perfect way to set off my signature.

22. I loved the flow of my signature with my old last name.

23.  Although I do love my new last name more.  J

24.  The B just doesn’t flow as well as the Z did.

25.  Pretty pathetic that I spend so much time worrying and practicing my signature.  Lol…